Mr. Bouroudjian has been Senior Vice President of Equity Futures for Nikko Securities, the 2nd largest securities firm in Japan, Credit Agricole Futures (a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Agricole, the 17th largest bank in the world), and Commerz Futures (a subsidiary of Commerz Bank, the 4th largest bank in Germany).
Mr. Bouroudjian also served as President of Commerz Futures from 1999-2002. At each of these firms, Jack built the entire futures operations and they flourished into thriving subsidiaries under his supervision.
Mr. Bouroudjian has been a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) since 1987 and he is currently a principal at Brewer Investment Group, Inc. Jack was a member of the Board of Directors of the CME from 1996-2002. During that time he was Chairman of the Equity Indices Committee when the E-mini concept was successfully introduced to the CME membership. He was also chairman or co-chairman of over a dozen educational, product, and regulatory committees during his term.
Aside from Industry experience, Mr. Bouroudjian has had an extensive amount of Media experience. He has done over 1000 international and domestic live TV shots over the last several years including CNBC, CNN, CNNFN, Bloomberg, PBS and countless local and regional broadcasts. He has been interviewed by numerous CEOs and CFOs of major corporations. He currently is a Friday regular on the CNBC Squawk Box segment. He appears daily on Bloomberg TV at various timeslots during the trading session, and has his own radio show "The Jack Bouroudjian Show" with BizRadio. In addition Mr. Bouroudjian is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago and is happily married with two children.
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Mr. Aziz is former Treasurer at Chase Manhattan Bank and has over 26 years of experience in corporate banking operations and management. His presence as a member of NACHA (North American Clearing House Association) combined with his background as a banking expert is expected to add significantly to CMT's plans around cross-border payments and SEPA. Mr. Aziz served as Director of Banking at American Payment Systems, ACH/Billing Manager at Engyro Inc., Processing Team Leader at Heller Financial Inc., Operations Officer at Chemical Bank and Union Trust Company and other managerial and supervisory roles for back office banking operations. Most recently, Mr. Aziz was Director of Banking for a walk-in bill payment company named CheckFree formally American Payment Systems where he consulted for the development of an electronic transaction system that processes 1.2 million transactions and moves over $12 billion annually through retail locations worldwide.
Mr. Arana is a graduate of DePaul University and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1986. Mr. Arana spent 7 yrs as senior auditor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange maintaining the financial integrity of members of the CME. In addition, Mr. Arana was the Head of Accounting and Controller for Gerald Commodities, Index Futures Group, RJ O'Brien & Associates and has held the role of Chief Financial Officer of Commerz Futures LLC. 'Participating in the dynamic European financial technology markets and related technologies is an exciting opportunity.
Mr. Feit is the former Managing Director of derivatives trading for SG Warburg and has extensive experience with international trade and settlements. Mr. Feit is currently Managing Member of KC-CO, a privately held options market maker firm on the Chicago Board Options, Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Mr. Feit is an Organizer and Director of Town Center Bank in Frankfort Illinois. He is a graduate of Loyola University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science.